Spectral sensitivities of photoreceptors and their role in colour discrimination in the green-backed firecrown hummingbird (Sephanoides sephaniodes)

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 194, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 785-794

  Herrera, Gonzalo ^a   Zagal, Juan Cristóbal ^a   Diaz, Marcelo ^a   Fernández, Maria José ^c   Vielma, Alex ^a   Cure, Michel ^a   Martinez, Jaime ^a   Bozinovic, Francisco ^b   Palacios, Adrián G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE VALPARAÍSO   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroretinogram; Hummingbird; Neotropical bird; Spectral reflectance; Tetrachromatic vision

Indexed keywords

OIL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; COLOR; COLOR VISION; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEATHER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLOWER; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; MALE; METABOLISM; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETINA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; COLOR; COLOR VISION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEATHERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLOWERS; LIGHT; LIGHT SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; OILS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, VERTEBRATE; PIGMENTATION; RETINA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 50249106863     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-008-0349-8     Document Type: Article

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